Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WINCHFIELD

WINCHFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Hartley-Wintney district, Hants; on the Basingstoke canaland the Southwestern railway, 9 miles E by N of Basingstoke. It has a head post-office,‡ a wharf, and a r. station with telegraph. Acres, 1,543. Real property, £1,877. Pop., 329. Houses, 65. W. house is the seat of G. Barnbridge, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £247.* Patron, Lady St. John Mildmay-The church is Norman and early English, in good condition.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Winchfield CP/AP       Hartley Wintney RegD/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Winchfield

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